Story highlights. (CNN)Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films as well as Die Hard villain Hans Gruber, died Thursday after a short battle with cancer, according to his representatives at Independent Talent Group. He was 69.
Brittany Nicole Carpentero (born May 20, 1988), better known by her stage name Diamond, is an American rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob.
Diamonds are highly unreactive. The principle element in diamond is carbon. What gives diam â¦ ond its hardness and rarity is the way in which the carbon atoms are held together and bonded. Brief description: carbon is a Group 14 element and is distributed very widely in nature.